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Barney Irwin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-09-17

Place of Birth

Pecos, Texas, USA

Barney Irwin

Biography

is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Wild" Bill Irwin. Irwin is also known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon in 1996. He is the brother of the late Scott Irwin. Working in both the Mid South and also the WCCW in 1981, he would leave the Mid South in 1982 for WCCW, and now going by the name Wild Bill Irwin, he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship off Al Madril and then having became a member of H & H Ltd tagging with Bugsy McGraw to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) then Vacate the NWA Texas Heavyweight belt owing to a match between him and David Von Erich by 1983s after blaming McGraw for losing them the Tag belts then afer a light feud began teaming with King Kong Bundy becoming North American Tag Team Championship witch he would do another 4 times with his brother Bill as both original tagteam named The Super Destroyers not ECW later version and there last run was as The Lone Riders also in that year he won the WCCW Television Championship to complete his total of 7 time. what? Making a late return in 1983 to WCCW as Super Distroyer #2 with his brother Scott and managed again by Skandor Akbar and recent NWA North American Tag Team Champions for the first time. Irwin later provided extensive commentary on the WWE's "The Triumph and Tragedy of WCCW" video retrospective of World Class Championship Wrestling, regarding his time in Texas, what it was like to wrestle in the Dallas Sportatorium, and his fateful trip with David Von Erich to Japan. Irwin stayed in wrestling in the independents and resurfaced in the NWA during 1989. Later he would form a tag team with Black Bart in the Global Wrestling Federation from 1991 to 1992.[5] Irwin, as "Wild" Bill Irwin, also appeared sporadically in World Championship Wrestling, including in a loss to Davey Boy Smith in Smith's WCW debut at SuperBrawl III In 1996, Irwin wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon, a hockey character who was "kicked out of every league he ever participated in." He made his TV debut on the July 20, 1996 episode of Superstars. The gimmick did not last long, as he left a few months after arriving. In 2001, Irwin returned to the WWF for one night, resuming the gimmick of "The Goon" for the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-Seven. On Raw XV, the 15th-anniversary WWE Raw special on December 10, 2007, Irwin, wrestling as "The Goon" once again, and sporting a thick moustache, participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal. He was eliminated by the Repo Man.

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Pro Wrestling USA Star Wars: December 1984

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WCCW Christmas Star Wars '83

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AWA Super Clash

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WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

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WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History

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WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary

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WWE: The Best of Raw - After the Show

Apr 22, 2014

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WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden

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Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals

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AWA: WrestleRock '86

Apr 20, 1986

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WCCW Star Wars (August 1982)

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WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87

Dec 25, 1987

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WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '88

Oct 15, 1988

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CSW International Bash

Feb 02, 1989

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NWA Clash of The Champions VII: Guts & Glory

Jun 14, 1989

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NWA The Great American Bash '89: The Glory Days

Jul 23, 1989

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WCCW Fritz Von Erich Retirement Show

Jun 04, 1982

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WCCW Christmas Star Wars '82

Dec 25, 1982

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WCCW Star Wars (June 1983)

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AWA Wrestling For a Cure

Aug 16, 1985

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NWA Clash of The Champions XII: Fall Brawl '90: Mountain Madness

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WCW Halloween Havoc '90

Oct 27, 1990

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WCCW Parade of Champions

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WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81

Dec 25, 1981

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WCW SuperBrawl III

Feb 21, 1993

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WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '83

Nov 24, 1983

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Raw

Jan 11, 1993

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World Class Championship Wrestling

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Mid-South Wrestling

Dec 12, 1981

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World Class Championship Wrestling

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